BIPT
What is the BIPT?
BIPT stands for Belgian Institute for Postal services and Telecommunications, and is the Belgian regulatory body for postal services and telecommunication. It is the authority regulating all radio communication matters in Belgium including the radio amateur service. The BIPT has the same role as ART in France, RA in United Kingdom, RegTP in Germany, Telecom Agentschap in The Netherlands, the FCC in the USA, etc...
Belgian Institute for Postal services and Telecommunications (BIPT)
Building Ellipse Building C
Boulevard Roi Albert II 35
1030 Brussels - BELGIUM
Phone: general information: + 32 2 226 88 88
Phone: Licences + 32 2 226 88 75
Fax: + 32 2 226 88 03
Or visit the internet site of the BIPT.
Licences and callsigns
| Citizenship | Kind of certificate | Callsign |
| if a Belgian radioamateur applies for a licence and if... | he is holder of a novice certificate (not HAREC) delivered by the BIPT | he gets a callsign ON3 |
| he is holder of an HAREC delivered by the BIPT | he gets a callsign ON4 (5, 6, 7, 8) | |
| he is holder of an HAREC (CEPT T/R 61-02) delivered by an other CEPT country (list) | ||
| he is holder of a radio amateur certificate of a country who signed a bilateral agreement (USA, ...) | ||
| in all other cases | he must first apply for a belgian radio amateur examination and pass! | |
| if a foreign radioamateur applies for a licence and if he is a belgian resident (that means that he has a passport with an address is Belgium) | the same rules as above are applied | |
| if a foreign radioamateur applies for a licence and if he is NOT a belgian resident (that means that he has NO passport with an address is Belgium) | he holds a CEPT T/R 61-01 licence (list) | he may use ON/<home_callsign> without any other care |
| he is holder of a radio amateur certificate of a country who signed a bilateral agreement (USA, ...) | he gets an ON9 | |
| he is holder of a radio amateur certificate of a country not covered by any of the above cases, then he must introduce all documents proving that his examination is about the same level of the HAREC | he gets an ON9 |
